Not Just a Man's World

Rhubarb is incredibly easy to grow in the UK climate and appears all over the place in traditional English dishes.  Despite its simplicity in the garden only a small percentage of people actually enjoy eating rhubarb, which is a shame. Like gooseberries it can be tart and sour, but with the right added ingredients it [...]

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It was time to create a variant on the original chocolate mousse recipe which both Chris and I love.  You can’t beat a chocolate and orange combination! Ingredients (fills 5-6 small ramekins): 200g dark chocolate (we use 85% or 90%) 3 eggs, separated Zest of ½ orange, finely chopped 4 fl oz of freshly squeezed [...]

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This recipe is straight out of Delia Smith’s Complete Illustrated Cookery Course.  We’ve tried it and it is definitely an acquired taste  personally, I didn’t take too well to the rum flavour in it and could quite happily have left the rum out, maybe replacing it with a couple of tablespoons of freshly squeezed orange [...]

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This is the last (for now) of the whipped coconut cream recipes.  It’s a sort of Eton Mess but without the meringue.  I did try putting the homemade meringue in it but they went spongy too easily – the version in the picture has these in.  If you like the textural addition of some spongy pieces [...]

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A few weeks ago I posted up a recipe for chocolate and hazelnut pavlova.  But what if you like your pavlova plain? Here’s the recipe for you. Ingredients (makes 6): 4 egg whites 1 can coconut milk, stored in the fridge 4 tsp ghee 2 tsp vanilla essence Fruit of your choice (I used a [...]

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Fancy a pudding?  Sometimes such things are necessary, whether because you’re serving up a posh dinner or because you’re in the mood to go completely wild.  Although the temptation when going completely wild is to take the easy option and buy a totally non-paleo pudding.  My only problem is that I tend to find those [...]

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A couple of months ago I did a really easy, though slightly bizarre, baked banana recipe. While we’re in the middle of winter now, this recipe is far more like a normal baked banana recipe and, in the summer months, is the sort of thing you can put on the BBQ once you’ve finished cooking [...]

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So we’ve been through the dairy series and I’ve concluded that, in moderation, a little full fat dairy can be alright for some people.  One of the few comfort foodstuffs that I have really missed since I moved to a paleo diet is custard.  A bowlful of custard, often with nothing added, is one of [...]

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This is an incredibly simple recipe which looks so extremely bizarre and unusual when you serve it up that it becomes a talking point before you ever get to it.  You need to make sure that your bananas are not split anywhere before you start cooking them otherwise you’ll end up with lots of mess [...]

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